Durada: 1 h 1 min

Darrerament s'han popularitzat artistes que trenquen el concepte habitual del rol del cantant, xerrant les cançons sense cap voluntat melòdica. Avui posem els exemples més destacats i també els pioners d'aquesta tendència. Foto: Sol Procter-Tarabanov 01 Wet Leg - "Chaise lounge" 02 Dry Cleaning - "Scratched lanyard" 03 Fontaines D.C. - "Boys in the better land" 04 The Hold Steady - "Cattle and the creeping things" 05 Lou Reed - "Coney island baby" 06 The B-52's - "Rock lobster" 07 Squid - "Pamphlets" 08 Cheekface - "I feel so weird!" 09 Talk Show - "Stress" 10 Black Country, New Road - "Good will hunting" 11 Cake - "Never there" 12 St. Vincent - "Pay your way in pain" 13 Mishima - "Neix el món dintre l'ull"

Durada: 1 h 1 min

Hi ha vocalistes que, en un moment puntual de pura joia, són incapaços de dissimular la seva eufòria quan enregistren una cançó, i sense voler deixen escapar una rialla ben sonora i icònica. Foto: Matthew Rolston. 01 Bob Dylan - "Bob Dylan's 115th dream" 02 The Surfaris - "Wipe out" 03 Rick James - "Super freak" 04 Pink Floyd - "Brain damage" 05 Gorillaz - "Feel good inc." 06 The Police - "Roxanne" 07 Joni Mitchell - "Big yellow taxi" 08 The Beatles - "And your bird can sing" 09 Deep Purple - "Speed king" 10 Duran Duran - "Hungry like a wolf" 11 Beyoncé - "Drunk in love" 12 Michael Jackson - "Rock with you" 13 Frank Sinatra - "That's life" 14 Bobby Hanna - "Everybody needs love"

Durada: 1 h 3 min

Acusats, sovint amb raó, de ser una manera mandrosa de fer diners, els discos en directe també ens han regalat obres capitals de la història del pop. Avui en fem la nostra tria particular. 01 James Brown - "Try me" 02 Johnny Cash - "Folsom prison blues" 03 Bruce Springsteen - "No surrender" 04 Peter Frampton - "Show me the way" 05 The Who - "Young man blues" 06 Ramones - "Rockaway beach" 07 Little Feat - "Fat man in the bathtub" 08 Deep Purple - "Highway star" 09 Thin Lizzy - "The boys are back in town" 10 Talking Heads - "Take me to the river" 11 Cheap Trick - "I want you to want me" 12 Van Morrison - "These dreams of you" 13 Wilco - "Shot in the arm"

Durada: 1 h

Hi ha gent que no descansa ni quan dorm. A mitja nit s'aixequen del llit i passegen per la casa de manera generosa. No us espanteu, no us faran res dolent. 01 The Kinks - "Sleepwalker" 02 Lily Allen - "Sleepwalking" 03 XTC - "The somnambulist" 04 Ultravox - "Sleepwalk" 05 Scott Walker - "Sleepwalker's woman" 06 Julie Byrne - "Sleepwalker" 07 Destroyer - "Somnambulist blues" 08 Better Oblivion Community - "Sleepwalkin" 09 Camera Obscura - "Sleepwalking" 10 Modest Mouse - "Sleepwalking (Couples only dance prom night)" 11 Echo & The Bunnymen - "The somnambulist" 12 The Como Brothers - "Sleepwalking in the moonlight" 13 They Might Be Giants - "Sleepwalkers" 14 The Raveonettes - "Sleepwalking"

Durada: 1 h 4 min

Com que ens agrada complicar-nos la vida, avui hem buscat cançons que tenen un moment puntual en què els instruments callen i deixen que les veus ens regalin un instant màgic. 01 Kansas - "Carry on wayward son" 02 Mr. Big - "Green-tinted sixties mind" 03 En Vogue - "My lovin'" 04 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Find the cost of freedom" 05 Eagles - "Seven bridges road" 06 The Doobie Brothers - "Black water" 07 fun. - "Some nights" 08 Haim - "Forever" 09 Haim - "The wire" 10 Earth, Wind & Fire - "Shining star" 11 The Avett Brothers - "Living of love" 12 Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness blues" 13 The Beatles - "Nowhere man" 14 Yes - "I've seen all good people"

Durada: 1 h 1 min

Ja la tenim aquí, dissenyada per fer-nos oblidar la xafogor dels dies estivals. Ha arribat la tardor i ens encanta. 01 Paolo Nutini - "Autumn" 02 Socunbohemio - "Conte de tardor" 03 Iron & Wine - "Autumn town leaves" 04 The Shins - "September" 05 Ernest Crusats - "Fulles als ulls" 06 The Kinks - "Autumn almanac" 07 La Ludwig Band - "La tardor que ens vam conèixer" 08 Yo La Tengo - "Autumn sweater" 09 Mishima - "En arribar la tardor" 10 Fiona Apple - "Pale september" 11 U2 - "October" 12 Girl in Red - "We fell in love in october" 13 The White Stripes - "Dead leaves and the dirty ground" 14 Tom Waits - "November" 15 Manic Street Preachers - "Autumn song"

Durada: 1 h

De tot l'esclat del pop psicodèlic californià a mitjans dels 60, un grup multiracial va destacar de manera brillant i malauradament breu. Reivindiquem els meravellosos Love i el seu líder, Artur Lee. Foto: Elektra Records. 01 "Everybody's gotta live" 02 "Alone again or" 03 "My little red book" 04 "No matter what you do" 05 "Seven and seven is" 06 "Orange skies" 07 "She comes in colors" 08 "Andmoreagain" 09 "Maybe the people" would be the times or between Clark and Hildale" 10 "A house is not a motel" 11 "The red telephone" 12 "Always see your face" 13 "I still wonder" 14 "Five string serenade" 15 "August"

Durada: 1 h

Se'ns ha trencat el piano, però no patiu, fins i tot esquerdat ens regala cançons inoblidables. Foto: Sachyn. 01 Tom Waits - "The piano has been drinking" 02 Teen Suicide - "Afterlife darling" 03 Sleigh Bells - "Rill rill" 04 Phoebe Bridgers - "You missed my heart" 05 Sufjan Stevens - "Fourth of July" 06 Ethan Gruska - "The valley" 07 Arliston - "What did I think would happen?" 08 Lana Del Rey - "Hope is a dangerous thing for a girl like me" 09 Fiona Apple - "Under the table" 10 Lullatone - "Corduroy" 11 Daniel Johnston - "Some things last a long time" 12 Patrick Watson - "Je te laisserai des mots" 13 Elliott Smith - "In the lost and found" 14 Elliott Smith - "Junk bond trader"

Durada: 1 h 1 min

Aquí estem, mirant el mòbil compulsivament, esperant desesperadament una trucada que no acaba d'arribar. Paciència, segur que truquen. 01 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "No action" 02 Blondie - "Hanging on the telephone" 03 Glen Campbell - "Wichita Lineman" 04 Joan Miquel Oliver - "Ai las!" 05 Rufus Wainwright - "Vibrate" 06 Death Cab for Cutie - "A lack of color" 07 Jorge Drexler - "La infidelidad de la era informática" 08 Maria Jaume - "Més minuts que paraules" 09 Phoenix - "Long distance call" 10 Eels - "Bird girl on a cell phone" 11 The Replacements - "Answering machine" 12 M-Clan - "Comunicando" 13 Teràpia de Shock - "20 minuts d'espera" 14 Dr. Hook - "Sylvia's mother" 15 Saint Etienne - "He's on the phone"

Durada: 1 h

A principis dels 70, David Geffen va crear un segell que va representar com cap altre el boom dels cantautors confessionals i el nou so de Califòrnia. 01 Eagles - "Take it easy" 02 Joni Mitchell - "Free man in Paris" 03 Judee Sill - "Crayon angels" 04 Judee Sill - "The kiss" 05 Tom Waits - "Rosie" 06 Jackson Browne - "Late for the sky" 07 Warren Zevon - "Desperados under the eaves" 08 Bob Dylan & The Band - "Don't think twice, it's alright" 09 Gene Clark - "Some misunderstanding" 10 Linda Ronstadt - "Willin'" 11 John Prine - "That's the way that that the world goes round" 12 Joni Mitchell - "Amelia"

Durada: 1 h 1 min

Digues autoafirmació o ego desbocat, però hi ha grans icones del rock que han necessitat fer una cançó per parlar de qui són i, sobretot, de com es diuen. 01 Prince - "My name is Prince" 02 Immaculate Fools - "Immaculate Fools" 03 Bo Diddley - "Bo Diddley" 04 Chaka Khan - "I feel for you" 05 La Rauxa - "Benvingudes" 06 Bad Company - "Bad Company" 07 Mott the Hoople - "Ballad of Mott the Hoople" 08 Big Country - "In a big country" 09 Kiko Veneno - "Veneno" 10 Kool & the Gang - "Kool & the Gang" 11 Wilco - "Wilco (the song)" 12 They Might Be Giants - "They might be giants" 13 The 1975 - "The 1975"

Durada: 1 h 1 min

Qui ho diu, que els músics no necessiten petons? Aquí teniu tot un exèrcit d'artistes que te'ls demanen sense cap vergonya. 01 Sixpence None the Richer - "Kiss me" 02 Lucinda Williams - "Passionate kisses" 03 Anna Roig i l'Ombra de ton Chien - "Petons entre camions" 04 Manel - "Fes-me petons" 05 Betty Everett - "It's in his kiss" 06 Lucy Dacus - "Kissing lessons" 07 Mazoni - "Un petó per cada cicatriu" 08 The Drifters - "Kissing in the back row of the movies" 09 The Shangri-Las - "Give him a great big kiss" 10 Jimmie Rodgers - "Kisses sweeter than wine" 11 The Shins - "Kissing the lipless" 12 Lefty Frizzell - "Always late (with your kisses)" 13 Nyandú - "Fes-me un petó" 14 Sanjosex - "Et menjaria a petons" 15 Elvis Presley - "Kissin' cousins" 16 Billy Boy Arnold - "Kissing at midnight" 17 Miquel & Socunbohemio - "La fi del món"

Durada: 1 h 3 min

Hi ha cançons que no tenen pressa per introduir la veu principal, peces hipnòtiques i atmosfèriques que semblen instrumentals, però no ho són. 01 The Cure - "Alone" 02 The Temptations - "Papa was a rollin' stone" 03 Death Cab for Cutie - "I will possess your heart" 04 U2 - "Where the streets have no name" 05 Sigur Rós - "Svefn-g-englar" 06 Pink Floyd - "Shine on you crazy diamond" 07 The Cure - "Pictures of you"

Durada: 59 min

De la mateixa manera que els rellotges aturats et donen l'hora correcta un cop al dia, els artistes que no t'agraden et poden sorprendre amb una gran cançó. Avui ens mullem i expliquem les nostres fílies i fòbies. 01 Queen - "Somebody to love" 02 U2 - "One" 03 Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse rock" 04 Lenny Kravitz - "It ain't over till it's over" 05 Dire Straits - "Wild west end" 06 Arcade Fire - "The suburbs" 07 Jamiroquai - "Cosmic girl" 08 Guns N' Roses - "Patience" 09 Taylor Swift - "August" 10 J Balvin & Bad Bunny - "La canción" 11 Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication"

Durada: 1 h 2 min

Pocs discos han estat rebuts amb tanta anticipació com "Lost weekend", el darrer treball de Phoebe Bridgers. Han estat sis anys de silenci, però han valgut la pena, és una obra mestra. 01 "Lost boys" 02 "Kill me" 03 "The governor's waltz" 04 "Bobby" 05 "Motion sickness" 06 "Funeral" 07 "You missed my heart" 08 "Kyoto" 09 "Garden song" 10 "I know the end" 11 "Me & my dog" 12 "Emily, I'm sorry" 13 "I can't wait"

Durada: 1 h 1 min

De tant en tant, trobes cançons que et donen bons consells per navegar els entrebancs de la vida quotidiana. 01 The Rolling Stones - "You can't always get what you want" 02 Peter Gabriel - "Don't give up" 03 R.E.M. - "Everybody hurts" 04 The Supremes - "You can't hurry love" 05 Stephen Stills - "Love the one you're with" 06 Beck - "Everybody's gotta learn sometimes" 07 Steve Miller Band - "Take the money and run" 08 Van Morrison - "Don't look back" 09 Manel - "Els guapos són els raros" 10 Graham Parker & The Rumour - "You can't be too strong" 11 Nina Simone - "Don't smoke in bed" 12 Arctic Monkeys - "Don't forget whose legs you're on" 13 Journey - "Don't stop believin'"